Rail-joint.



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BAIL JOINT.

(Application flied Apr. 10, 1901.)

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(No Model.)

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\VILLIAM D. HENDERSON, OF BIGGSVILLE, ILLINOIS.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,963, dated December 31, 1901.

Application filed April 10, 1901. Serial No. 55,134. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. HENDER- SON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Biggsville, in the county of Henderson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

Myinvention relates to certain new and useful improvements in rail-joints, and has for its objects to produce a rail-joint which shall be extremely simple in its construction,cheap to manufacture, durable in its use, containing no parts which can become deranged, and can be easily put together and taken apart.

A still further object of myinvention is to produce a device of this nature wherein the contraction or expansion of the two rails united will not materially affect the space between the meeting edges of said rails.

Briefly described, my invention consists of a chair which is provided with a base having flanges made at right angles thereto. A web is made integral with the said base, which is adapted to receive slots out in both of the Furthermore, a standard is arranged transverse to the said web and extends up to the tread of the rail.

With these and other objects in View my invention further consists in the novel details of construction and combination of parts, to be clearly described in the following specification and fully set forth in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this application, and in which like characters of reference indicate similar parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved rail-joint, showing one corner thereof broken away and in section and showing in dotted lines the position of the rails when connected thereto. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section; and Fig. 3 is a cross-section thereof, taken on the lines a a of Fig. 1.

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 indicates the chair; 2, the base thereof; 3, the upwardly-extending flanges; 4, the central standard arranged transversely across said base; 5, the web, arranged integral with said standard and base portion and extending in alinement with the chair.

The reference-numerals 6 6 indicate slots arranged in the under face of the base and web of the rails for the reception of the webs 5 5. The upwardly-extending flanges 3 are provided with apertures 7 for the reception of the spikes 8, which hold the rail in its locked position.

It will be noted that the web 5, secured to the base of the chair, has its sides extending from the standard downwardly to the base of the chair. The top of the standard4 is shaped to conform to the tread of the rail. It will be noted that the web -l is interposed between the two meeting faces of the rails. Thus when the contraction of the rails occurs the space between the ends of the rails will be exactly one-half less than when ordinary fishplates are used and the two rails have their edges come in contact with one another. This will be readily understood when Fig. 2 of the drawings is carefully examined. Should the web not be interposed between the ends of the rails, the space between the said ends when connected by ordinary fish-plates would be twice as great as when a standard is interposed therebetween, as in that instance onehalf of the ordinary space is on each side of the said standard and rail, and thereby makes a more even tread for the wheels of the car to ride on.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a rail-joint, a chair comprising a base having upwardly-extending flanges along its edges, a standard made integral with said base and extending transversely thereto, a web carried by each side face of the standard, said web being of less height than the standard and extending in alinement with the base, combined with the rails having recesses in their ends to receive said webs.

2. In a rail-joint,the combination of a chair provided with a base, flanges secured to said base, said flanges having apertures formed therein, a web made integral with said base, a standard secured at right angles thereto, in combination with rails having slots formed therein, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM D. HENDERSON. 

